The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-02-10
r1ences IN resuscitation by thawing him."
II fancied you had done that already,
Kate whispered Mrs. Hale.

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lief with ready tact, ''otly the knowledge
should be moro generally spread. , There was
man up ct Strawberry fell under sledge
load Of wood in the snow. Stunned by the
shock, he was slowly freezing to death when,
with tremendous effort, he succeeded in
freeing himself all but his right leg, pinned
down by small log. His ak happened to
have fallen within reach, and few blows ON
the log freed him" -s.tasi'. 2fi. - as%gS-
Sand saved the poor fellows life,p said
Mrs Scott, who was listening with sympa-
thizing intensity. .ia@. f 6N-a i
"At the expense of bis left leg, which he
had unknowingly cut of under the pleasing
mpposition that it was log" returned Lee,
demurely.
Nevertheless, in few moments he man
aged to divert the slightly shocked suscepti-
bilities Of tho old lady with some raillery of
himself, and did not a. in interrupt the even,
good humored communion of the party. The
rain beating against the windows and the
fire sparkling ON the hearth seemed to lend
q charm to their peculiar isolation, and it
was not until Mrs. Scott rose with warm
Of their patient that they discovered that the
evening had slipped by unnoticed. When
the door at last closed on the bright, sympa-
thetic eyes Of the two young women and the
motherly benediction of the elder, Falkner
walked to the window, and remained silent,
looking into the darkness. Suddenly he
turned bitterly to his companion.
This is just hill, George" e.
George Lee, with smile still ON his boyish
face, lazily moved his head f ...-
u don't know! II it wasn't for the old
woman, who is the one solid chunk of abso-
lutte goodness here, expecting nothing, want
ing nothing, it would be good fun enoughl
These two women, cooped up In this house,
wanted excitement They've got itI That
man Hale wanted to show off by going for
US; he's had his chance, and will have it again
before I've done with him. That DID fool Of
messenger wanted TO go out of his way to
exchange shots with me; / reckon he's the
most satisfied Of the lott don't know why
you should growl You did your level best
to get away from here, and the result is that
little Puritan is ready to worship YOU"
F@Yes-but this playing it on them-George
this"
:swho's playing iti Not you; see you've
given away our names already"
II couldn't lie, and they know nothing by
thai" ,.....-,..s ~......- ..... .-- &c.,.
@Do you think they would be happier by
knowing it, Do you think that soft little
creature would be as happy as she was to-
night il she knew that her husband had been
indirectly the means of laying rae by the
heels herel Where Is the swindle! This
hole in my legi II you had been five min
utes under that girls did sympathetic
fingers you'd have thought it was genuine
Is it in our trying to get AWAY Do you call
that ten feet drift in the pass a swindlei Is
It in the chance OF Hale getting back while
we're hersl that's real enough, isn't it, ]
say, Ned, did you ever give your unfettered
intellect TO the contemplation Of that.a
Falknep did nnt reply, There was an in-
teryal Of silence, but be could see from the
movement of Georges shoulders that he was
shaking with suppressed laughter.
1Fancy Mrs. Hale srchly introducing her
husband! Ny offering him . chair. but be-
! ing all the time obliged 10 cover him with
derringer under the bedclothes. Your rrsh-
ing in from your peaceful pastoral pursuits
in the barn, with A pitchfork in one hand
-, .' 80 ~ .e - - ~ -;
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~ ss'' &. $3.50 80.
S-~" a wv - e'''' W 80 ~ s'eN' ss''
500 s''. -.....,-.-..
/ 'se ~ pA "'e anu 'n's'
.~o women on ,,ais noiSe anu rue away;
tna.s "nas J'ua 40 or ooh kno" Soui
Leak Aefe' sed, ne added' more seriously,
'ne oniy sMli,aii'HS Veg etff Rflng'ns lnas
no'e mere nat s va" Us your iuea D., gu 'hougnt
"o.l iepio,e saStieio", anu as Sou oe
neve" ! was o'eeaihe W uea'h you piaSed
.na' game tof al u vas "Or'n 20 save me.
~ ~ uase S u :. snas ASAeu soa " ds
pope" n'e up y ,ne pas u aha 90. away
yoa'sen was soou luz coupe OF snots
yss si'a a'se' "na' nha''efea' mat
ulSn's WIG neA' aay' INC next Time take the
road. OF o year hence! It win come when it
Will come, all the same" on ....'...s-sr E..
ae did not speak bitterly, nor relax his
smile. Faikner, without speaking, slid his
hand along the coverlet. Leegrasped 1t, and
their hands remained clasped together for
few moments in silence. ~ .r-.,-........T 81
@How is this to ends We cannot 60 on
here in this way" said Falkner suddenly.
"f we cannot get away it must go on.
Look here, Ned i don't reckon to take any
thing out OF this house that didn't bring in
It, or isn't freely offered to me; yet don't,
otherwise, you understand, intend making
myself out DID bit better than am.
That's the only excuse have for not making
myself out just what am. don't know
the fellow who's obliged to tell every one the
last company he was in or the last thing he
did! 20 you suppose even these pretty little
| women tell rs their whole storyl Do you
fancy that this st. John in the wilderness is
canonized in his familyl Perhaps, when
take the liberty to intrude in his affairs, as
he has in mine, he'd SEQ he isn't. don't
blame You for being sensitive, Ned. It's
natural When a man lives outside the re-
vised statutes Of his own state he is apt to be
! awfully fine on points Of etiquette in his own
household. As for me, find it rather COM
Portable here. The beds of other peoples